Twaweza Communications Limited is a strategic communication institution established in 2000 and based in Nairobi. It works in the areas of public policy, media and culture for sustainable development. It is committed to increasing public knowledge and action through research, training, advocacy and documentation for accessibility, agricultural policy, sustainable environment, equity in gender relations, accountable leadership and people centered governance. Twaweza Communications envisions a world where everyone has access to quality information and education on matters that affect their lives regardless of religion, race, age or gender [according to the site editor's information]....

The perception of one-self and the perception of an outgroup determine our everyday thinking. How we perceive other people is, however, often reflected by stereotypes. Such stereotypes are often defined in terms of culture. They generate prejudice, most of the time going hand in hand with overhasty judgements about certain groups. Schwarzweiss set itself as a goal to identify such a "black-and-white-thinking", its backgrounds and the historic reasons of its generation to finally overcome these ways of thinking in dialogue and communication[according to the site editor's information, editorial staff ilissAfrica]....